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Problems for PH1016

Chapter VII Static electric field (5-4)
Chapter 21 Exercises 1, 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 57, 59, 61, 67
Problems: 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 83, 85, 87, 95, 99, 101

Chapter 22 Exercises 1, 3, 5, 11, 17, 19, 21, 27

Problems: 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 51, 55, 57, 61, 63

Chapter 22. Exercises: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43,
Problems: 49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 75, 79, 81, 83

Chapter VIII Dielectrics (2+2)

Chapter 24.
Exercises: 3, 11, 13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 29, 35, 37, 39, 41, 45, 49,
Problems: 51, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71

Chapter IX Conductors, Capacitors (4+2)

Chapter 25. Exercises: 3, 5, 9, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 35, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49,
Problems: 53, 55, 59, 61, 65, 69, 71, 75, 77

Chapter X Magnetics (5+4)

Chapter 27. Exercises: 1, 3, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 31, 33, 37, 39, 47, 49, 51
Problems: 53, 55, 57, 61, 65, 67, 71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85
Chapter 28. Exercises: 1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41
Problems: 47, 49, 53, 55, 59, 61, 69, 73, 75, 79, 81

Chapter XI (2 +2) Electromagnetic induction

Chapter 29. Exercises: 1, 3, 5, 9, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 35, 37, 39
Problems: 43, 45, 49, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
Chapter 30. Exercises: 1, 3, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 33, 41
Problems: 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 69, 71, 73, 75

Chapter XII ((2+1) Magnetic Materials

Chapter XIII (6+3) Electromagnetic oscilation, electromagnetics waves and field

Chapter 31: 37, 41, 43, 45 (op.), 57, 59, 61 (op.)
Chapter 32. 35 (op.), 37, 39, 45, 47, 49, 51

Chapter XIV Kinetics molecular theory of gases and distributions functions (5+3)
Chapter XVII Real gases and phase transitions (5+2)
Chapter 18:
55, 57, 61, 65, 69, 71, 73, 77, 81, 85.

Chapter XV The first law of thermodynamics (4+3)

Chapter 19.
Problems: 43, 45, 49, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71

Chapter XVI The second law of thermodynamics (5+4)

Chapter 20.
Problems: 43, 45, 49, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
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PH1026 General Physics II

1. Course Title: General Physics II

2. Course ID: PH1026
3. Course Units: 4(3-2-1-8)
 Lecture: 45 hours
 Seminar: 30 hours
 Lab: 6 x 2 hours
4. Replacement/Equivalent Courses:
5. Expected Participants: Second-year students in Undergraduate Advanced Programs or other first-
year students having good English skills.
6. Requisites
 Prerequisites: - Math 220; Math 230/231; Ph1016
 Requisites: - English language level: Students are expected to be able to listen lectures
and to read textbooks in English.
 Co-requisites: -
7. Objectives and Expected Outcomes
The goals of this part of the Course of General Physics are to provide students with the knowledge of
the basis laws of electromagnetism, the way of describing electric and magnetic fields, as well as their
interaction with matter, the methods of analyzing and solving relevant problems. At the end of the Course
some knowledge of thermo-phenomena is incorporated which includes the molecular kinetic theory of gas
and the three principles of thermodynamics. The laboratory sessions help students to practice the skills at
performing measurements of electromagnetic quantities, setting up simple experiments to investigate
topics in the studied lectures, analyzing experiment data to obtain conclusions, evaluating measurement
errors.
8. Description
Static electrical field - Insulator - Conducting objects and capacitor - Magnetic field - Electromagnetic
induction - Magnetic material - Electromagnetic oscillations and waves - Electromagnetic field - Molecular
kinetic theory of gas - Principles of thermodynamics.
9. Student Duties
 Class attendance: ≥ 80%
 Homework:
 Lab work:
 ...
10. Assessment
 Mid-term grade: 0.4 (40%)
- Home exercise grading
- Project
- Lab work and reports
- Mid-tem test
 Final exam (multiple-choice and writing): 0.6 (40%)
11. Course Materials
 Textbook: “University Physics with Modern Physics”, Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
Addison Wesley - 2004
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 Lecture Notes
 Lab Manual
12. Course Topics
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GENERAL PHYSICS I

Course Developers: - Nguyen Vien Tho

- Duong Huyen

1 Static electric field (lectures: 5 h + discussions and exercises: 4 h)

1.1 Electric forces and concept of electric field
1.1.1 Electric forces between electric charges - Coulomb’s law
1.1.2 Electric field; field electric vector, electric field lines
1.1.3 Superposition of electric fields
1.1.4 Electric dipole, electric dipole moment
1.2 Gauss’s law and applications
1.2.1 Electric flux, Gauss’s law
1.2.2 Applying Gauss’s law to calculate the electric field of point-like charge
1.2.3 Calculation of the electric field of planar, spherical and cylindrical distributions
1.3 Electric potential and electric potential difference
1.3.1 Electric potential energy in an electric field
1.3.2 Electric potential and electric potential difference. Calculating the electric potential
1.3.3 Relations between electric field vector and electric potential, potential gradient
1.3.4 Electric potential energy, equi-potential surfaces

2 Dielectrics (2 + 2)
2.1 Dielectrics
2.1.1 Dielectric constant of material
2.1.2 induced charge and polarization of dielectrics
2.2 Molecular model of induced charge
2.3 Piezoelectric effect

3 Conductors, capacitors (4 + 2)
3.1 Conductors
3.1.1 Conductors, charges on conductors
3.1.2 Electric field at the surfaces of a conductor; charging by induction
3.1.3 Capacitors, capacitance of conductors and capacitors
3,1,4 Capacitance of parallel-plate and cylindrical capacitors
3.2 Energy of charged conductors and of capacitors
3.2.1 Energy of a charged conductor
3.2.2 Energy of a system of charged conductors
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3.2.3 Electric field energy

3.3 Constant electric current
3.3.1 Electric current, current density
3.3.2 Resistance of conductor, Ohm’s law
3.3.3 Electromotive force (emf) and sources of emf
3.3.4 Non-electrostatic force and corresponding electric field

4 Magnetic field (5 + 4)
4.1 Magnetic forces and magnetic field
4.1.1 Magnetic forces of currents, concept of magnetic field
4.1.2 Magnetic field vector; magnetic field of a current element the law of Biot and Savar
4.1.3 Magnetic fields of a straight current-carrying conductor and of a circular current loop
4.2 Magnetic flux and Amper’s law
4.2.1 Magnetic field lines and magnetic flux
4.2.2 Ampere’s law on the line integral of magnetic field vector around a closed path
4.2.3 Applications of Amper’s law in calculating the magnetic field of currents
4.3 Action of magnetic field on currents
4.3.1 Magnetic forces on a current-carrying conductor
4.3.2 Force and torque on a current-carrying loop in a uniform magnetic field
4.3.3 Work of magnetic force
4.3.4 Motion of charged particles in a magnetic field, Lorentz force

5 Electromagnetic induction (2 + 2)
5.1 Laws of electromagnetic induction
5.1.1 Induction experiments, Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law
5.1.2 Motional electromotive force
5.1.3 Induced electric field; eddy currents
5.2 Inductance
5.2.1 Mutual inductance and self-inductance
5.2.2 Self-induced emf
5.2.3 Energy stored in a inductor, magnetic field energy, magnetic energy density

6 Magnetic materials (2 + 1)
6.1 Magnetization in materials
6.1.1 Paramagnetism and diamagnetism
6.1.2 Atomic magnetic moment, Bohr magneton
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6.1.3 Magnetization vector of material; relative permeability and permeability of material, magnetic
susceptibility
6.2 Ferromagnetism
6.2.1 Magnetic domains
6.2.2 Saturation of magnetization, hysteresis loops
6.2.3 Ferrites and their properties

7 Electromagnetic oscillation, electromagnetic waves and field (6 + 3)

7.1 Oscillating circuits
7.1.1 L-C circuit and electrical oscillation
7.1.2 R-L-C circuit, damped harmonic motion
7.1.3 Underdamped, critically damped and overdamped circuits
7.1.4 R-LC circuit with a alternating current (ac) source, impedance of circuit, resonance in ac circuits
7.2 Maxwell’s equations
7.2.1 The Maxwell’s first statement on eddy electric field, the Maxwell-Faraday’s equation
7.2.2 The Maxwell’s second statement on displacement current, the Maxwell-Ampere’s equation
7.2.3 The system of Maxwell’s equations, the concept of electromagnetic field
7.2.4 Energy of electromagnetic field
7.3 Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves
7.3.1 Wave solutions of Maxwell’s equation, features of electromagnetic waves
7.3.2 Derivation of the wave equation
7.3.3 Sinusoidal plane electromagnetic waves, polarization
7.3.4 Electromagnetic waves in matter; speed of propagation of em waves, index of refraction of
matter
7.3.5 Energy and energy flow of em waves, Poynting vector; the electromagnetic spectrum

8 Kinetic-molecular theory of gases and distribution functions (5 + 3)

8.1 Kinetic-molecular model of an ideal gas
8.1.1 State variables and equation of state
8.1.2 Ideal gases, ideal-gas equation
8.1.3 Kinetic-molecular model of an ideal gas
8.1.4 Average translational kinetic energy of a gas molecule
8.2 Distribution functions
8.2.1 Distribution function of molecular speeds, the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
8.2.2 Average speed, root-main square speed and the most probable speed of a gas molecule
8.2.3 Molecular translational kinetic energy, principle of equipartition of energy
8.2.4 Distribution of number of molecules in their potential energy, the Boltzmann distribution
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8.2.5 Degrees of freedom of a molecule; internal energy of ideal gases

9 The first law of thermodynamics (4 + 3)

9.1 Description of thermodynamic processes
9.1.1 Thermodynamic system and thermodynamic process
9.1.2 Heat and work; equilibrium states, paths between thermodynamic states
9.1.3 The first law of thermodynamics
9.2 Thermodynamic processes
9.2.1 Consideration of kinds of thermodynamic processes: adiabatic, isochoric, isobaric and
isothermal processes
9.2.2 Heat capacities of an ideal gas

10 The second law of thermodynamics (5 + 4)

10.1 Statements of the second law of thermodynamics
10.1.1 Directions of thermodynamic processes, reversible and irreversible processes
10.1.2 Heat engines, thermal efficiency of an engine
10.1.3 The second law of thermodynamics: Kelvin-Planck statement and Clausius statement;
10.1.4 Workless refrigerators; the Carnot cycle and Carnot theorem
10.2 Quantitative expression of the second law of thermodynamics
10.2.1 Entropy, principle of increasing entropy
10.2.2 Entropy change in some processes of an ideal gas
10.2.3 Entropy change in reversible and irreversible processes, the meaning of the second law of
thermodynamics
10.2.4 Chemical potentials, thermodynamic equilibrium conditions

11 Real gases and phase transitions (5 + 2)

11.1 State equation of real gases
11.1.1 Differences between ideal and real gases
11.1.2 Van der Waals equation of state, critical point
11.1.3 Joule-Thomson effect
11.2 Phase transition
11.2.1 Phases of matter, phase diagram, independent species
11.2.2 Gibb’s phase rule, classification of phase transitions, the first-order transition, Clapeyron-
Clausius equation the second-order transition
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Problems for PH1016

Chapter VII Static electric field (5-4)
Chapter 21 Exercises 1, 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 57, 59, 61, 67
Problems: 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 83, 85, 87, 95, 99, 101

Chapter 22 Exercises 1, 3, 5, 11, 17, 19, 21, 27

Problems: 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 51, 55, 57, 61, 63

Chapter 22. Exercises: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43,
Problems: 49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 75, 79, 81, 83

Chapter VIII Dielectrics (2+2)

Chapter 24.
Exercises: 3, 11, 13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 29, 35, 37, 39, 41, 45, 49,
Problems: 51, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71

Chapter IX Conductors, Capacitors (4+2)

Chapter 25. Exercises: 3, 5, 9, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 35, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49,
Problems: 53, 55, 59, 61, 65, 69, 71, 75, 77

Chapter X Magnetics (5+4)

Chapter 27. Exercises: 1, 3, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 31, 33, 37, 39, 47, 49, 51
Problems: 53, 55, 57, 61, 65, 67, 71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85
Chapter 28. Exercises: 1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41
Problems: 47, 49, 53, 55, 59, 61, 69, 73, 75, 79, 81

Chapter XI (2 +2) Electromagnetic induction

Chapter 29. Exercises: 1, 3, 5, 9, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 35, 37, 39
Problems: 43, 45, 49, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
Chapter 30. Exercises: 1, 3, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 33, 41
Problems: 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 69, 71, 73, 75

Chapter XII ((2+1) Magnetic Materials

Chapter XIII (6+3) Electromagnetic oscilation, electromagnetics waves and field

Chapter 31: 37, 41, 43, 45 (op.), 57, 59, 61 (op.)
Chapter 32. 35 (op.), 37, 39, 45, 47, 49, 51

Chapter XIV Kinetics molecular theory of gases and distributions functions (5+3)
Chapter XVII Real gases and phase transitions (5+2)
Chapter 18:
55, 57, 61, 65, 69, 71, 73, 77, 81, 85.

Chapter XV The first law of thermodynamics (4+3)

Chapter 19.
Problems: 43, 45, 49, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71

Chapter XVI The second law of thermodynamics (5+4)

Chapter 20.
Problems: 43, 45, 49, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
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13. Lab works

The topics will be chosen from the following list:

 Determine charge-recharge of neon lamp

 Determine resistor using Wheaston bridge.

 Oscilloscope. Characterize RLC circuit using Oscilloscop.

 Determine e/m ratio of electron.

 Characterize coupled oscillating circuits.

 Forced electrical oscillation using Comex program.

 Milikent experiment. Determine electric charge of electron.

 Characterize electric circuits using Science Workshop Interface.

 Determine thermal capacity Cp/Cv ratio of air.

14. References
1. “University Physics with Modern Physics”, Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
Addison Wesley - 2004
2. “Physics for Scientists and Engineers”, D. C. Giancoli, Prentice Hall -1999
3. “Electricity and Magnetism”, B. Crowell, The Light and Matter - 2002

Chairman of the Scientific and Education Council